Boundmotor

Unlike most other boards under $2000, Boundmotor’s boards use a VESC-based ESC so you have some ability to fine tune your board’s performance. They also have parts that may be worth checking out for DIY builders.

Exway

Exway’s X1 and X1 Pro are niche eboards for those who love a downhill style deck and sleek design. The new Exway Flex raises the bar incredibly high for competing boards in its price range, and the upcoming Exway Wave is likely to do the same for short boards.

At this time, you can enter two discount codes. This will probably change soon.

Ownboard

When it comes to producing boards using existing parts, Ownboard is a trendsetter. Ownboard popularized the use of Hobbywing’s ESC in budget boards years ago and recently made Evolve-like boards that are arguably better than Evolve’s own.

WowGo

WowGo was perhaps the first to successfully copy Meepo’s budget board business model and now produces boards that rival Boosted Boards at less than half the price. Both the 3 and 3X are a giant leap forward compared to WowGo’s previous generation boards.

Productivity

iMazing

iMazing is an essential tool for iPhone users. I use it on both Windows and Mac.

On Windows because it is the best way to transfer files between the iPhone and a PC. If you just plug your iPhone to the PC and drag and drop files using the File Explorer, you may have noticed that that only works well if you’re transferring a couple files at a time. If you’re transferring lots of files, the process just quits without warning! With iMazing, the transfer is always reliable.

On the Mac, there are more practical ways to transfer files to and from the iPhone but I still use iMazing for doing local backups. There are a number of situations where iCloud Backup just doesn’t work, such as when you’re at a place that doesn’t have Wi-Fi, or if you’re in China where iCloud Backup fails more often than not.

I have also used iMazing to recover my iPhone when a software update froze in the middle. Backups are important!

There are a bunch of other useful features. I highly recommend this app if you own an iPhone.

Soundstripe

There are several competing services for finding royalty-free music for your videos and Soundstripe is the best I’ve found so far. Epidemic‘s licensing terms suck, and Artlist‘s search and cataloging need a lot of work. Soundstripe has good terms and a much better search.

TubeBuddy

TubeBuddy has lots of useful tools for YouTube creators, but their subscriptions aren’t cheap. Fortunately you don’t need to commit to them long term. I use the free plan most of the time, and when I need a specific feature I purchase the appropriate plan for that month only.

For instance, I needed the bulk find and replace feature to update links in the descriptions of more than 100 of my videos. I purchased their “Star” subscription for that month, did what I needed to do, and then canceled it.

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